Wisdom


“All receive advice. Only the wise profit from it.” — Syrus

“If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.” — William Penn

“A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.” — Unknown

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” — Francis Bacon, 16th-century English philosopher and essayist

“The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.” — Lao-Tzu (Tao Te Ching) “Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.” — Cato, Roman censor

“Never kick a man when he’s up.” — Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, 20th-century American politician, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1970s-1980s

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” — Francis Bacon, 16th-century English philosopher and essayist

“Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.” — Ralph C. Smedley

“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th-century American essayist, public philosopher and poet

“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” — Henri Bergson

“To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.” — John W. Gardner, 20th-century American nonprofit leader, founder of Common Cause

“Always imitate the behavior of the winner when you lose.” — Unknown